| Vaucheria litorea | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Stramenopiles |
| Phylum: | Gyrista |
| Subphylum: | Ochrophytina |
| Class: | Xanthophyceae |
| Order: | Vaucheriales |
| Family: | Vaucheriaceae |
| Genus: | Vaucheria |
| Species: | V. litorea
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| Binomial name | |
| Vaucheria litorea | |
Vaucheria litorea is a species of yellow-green algae (Xanthophyceae).[2] It grows in a filamentous fashion (forming long tubular cells connected end to end).[2] V. litorea is a common intertidal species of coastal brackish waters and salt marshes of the Northern Atlantic, along the coasts of Europe, North America and New Zealand.[3] It is also found in the Eastern Pacific coasts of Washington state. It is found to be able to tolerate a large range of salinities, making it euryhaline.[4]
- ^ Searles, Richard B.; Schneider, Craig W. (1991). Seaweeds of the Southeastern United States: Cape Hatteras to Cape Canaveral. Durham, N.C: Duke University Press. ISBN 0-8223-1101-1.
- ^ a b Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Vaucheria litorea". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.
- ^ Muralidhar, Abishek; Broady, Paul A.; Macintyre, Duncan P.; Wilcox, Michael D.; Garrill, Ashley; Novis, Phil M. (2014). "Morphological and phylogenetic characterization of seven species of Vaucheria (Xanthophyceae), including two new species, from contrasting habitats in New Zealand". Phytotaxa. 186 (3): 117. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.186.3.1. ISSN 1179-3163.
- ^ Christensen, T. (1998). Salinity preference of twenty species of Vaucheria (Tribophyceae). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 68, pp 531-545, doi:10.1017/S0025315400043381